updated list of academy award winning best pictures in my DVD collection as of
1/03/06:
1928: Wings1929:
The Broadway Melody, SE (r1)
1930:
All Quiet On The Western Front (r1)
1931: Cimarron -
already ordered1932:
Grand Hotel, SE (r1)
1933: Cavalcade1934:
It Happened One Night (r3)
1935:
Mutiny On The Bounty (r3)
1936:
The Great Ziegfeld (r1)
1937:
The Life Of Emile Zola, SE (r1)
1938:
You Can't Take It With You (r1)
1939:
Gone with the Wind, 4-Disc CE (r1)
1940:
Rebecca (r1, anchorbay release)
1941:
How Green Was My Valley (r1)
1942:
Mrs. Miniver (r1)
1943:
Casablanca, 2-Disc SE (r3, digipak)
1944:
Going My Way/Holiday Inn, Double Feature (r1)
1945:
The Lost Weekend (r1)
1946:
The Best Years Of Our Lives (r1)
1947:
Gentleman's Agreement (r1)
1948:
Hamlet, Criterion Coll.
1949:
All The King's Men (r1)
1950:
All About Eve (r1)
1951: An American in Paris -
sold barebones copy in anticipation of SE/CE release1952:
The Greatest Show On Earth (r1)
1953:
From Here to Eternity (r3)
1954:
On the Waterfront, SE (r3)
1955:
Marty (r1)
1956:
Around The World In Eighty Days, 2-Disc SE (r1)
1957:
The Bridge on the River Kwai, 2-Disc LE (r3)
1958:
Gigi (r1)
1959:
Ben-Hur, 4-Disc CE (r1)
1960:
The Apartment (r1)
1961:
The West Side Story, 2-Disc CE (r1)
1962:
Lawrence of Arabia, 2-Disc LE (r1)
1963:
Tom Jones (r1)
1964:
My Fair Lady, 2-Disc SE (r1)
1965:
The Sound of Music, 2-Disc Five Star Coll. (r1)
1966:
A Man For All seasons (r1)
1967:
In The Heat Of The Night (r1)
1968:
Oliver!, 30th Anniv. Tribute Ed. (r1)
1969: Midnight Cowboy -
already ordered1970:
Patton, 2-Disc SE (r1)
1971:
The French Connection, 2-Disc Five Star Coll. (r1)
1972:
The Godfather (part of
The Godfather DVD Coll., r3)
1973:
The Sting (r3)
1974:
The Godfather, Part II (part of
The Godfather DVD Coll., r3)
1975:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 2-Disc SE (r1)
1976:
Rocky, SE (r1)
1977:
Annie Hall (r1)
1978:
The Deer Hunter, 2-Disc SE (r2)
1979:
Kramer vs. Kramer (r3)
1980:
Ordinary People (r1)
1981:
Chariots of Fire, 2-Disc SE (r1)
1982:
Gandhi (r3)
1983:
Terms of Endearment (r3)
1984:
Amadeus, 2-Disc SE (r3, digipak)
1985:
Out of Africa, CE (r1)
1986:
Platoon, SE (r1)
1987:
The Last Emperor, Director's Cut (r1)
1988:
Rain Man, SE (r1)
1989:
Driving Miss Daisy, SE (r1)
1990:
Dances With Wolves, 2-Disc dts (r1, OOP) & 4-Disc Korean LE (r3)
1991:
The Silence of the Lambs, SE (r1)
1992:
Unforgiven, 2-Disc SE (r3, digipak)
1991:
Schindler's List, 2-Disc Gift Set (r1)
1994:
Forrest Gump, 2-Disc SCE (r3)
1995:
Braveheart (r1)
1996:
The English Patient, 2-Disc CE (r1)
1997:
Titanic, 4-Disc Deluxe CE (r2)
1998:
Shakespeare in Love, CE (r3)
1999:
American Beauty, Awards Ed. (r1)
2000:
Gladiator, 2-Disc Signature Ed. & 3-Disc EE (both r1)
2001:
A Beautiful Mind, 2-Disc Awards Ed. (r1)
2002:
Chicago, 2-Disc Razzle-Dazzle Ed. (r1)
2003:
Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King, 2-Disc WS & 4-Disc EE (both r1)
2004:
Million Dollar Baby, 3-Disc Deluxe Ed. (r1)
note: titles in red are not yet released in DVD format, while titles in blue are not presently in my collection